Information about the package, kbackup, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kbackup package is designed for, Back up your data in a simple, user friendly way.
Package Name:
kbackup
Summary:
Back up your data in a simple, user friendly way
Description:
KBackup is a program that lets you back up any directories or files, whereby it uses an easy to use directory tree to select the things to back up. The program was designed to be very simple in its use so that it can be used by non-computer experts. The storage format is the well known TAR format, whereby the data is still stored in compressed format (bzip2 or gzip).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.8
Release:
1.el6
Size:
562 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the kbackup package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kbackup
This command will install kbackup on the server.
yum remove kbackup
This command will un-install kbackup on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kbackup, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kbackup
This command will un-install kbackup on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove kbackup when using the -y flag.
yum update kbackup
This command will update kbackup to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kbackup, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kbackup
This command will update kbackup to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove kbackup when using the -y flag.
yum info kbackup
This command will show you core information about the kbackup package.
yum deplist kbackup
This command will show you the dependencies for kbackup. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update kbackup
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kbackup. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.